A/N:Even
though this is my first Gravitation fanfic, I will not ask any of you to go
easy on me with reviewing. In fact, I beg of you to be the most honest you can
be, so I can improve. I plan to write a chaptered one, as long as I know this was
any good. So pleeeeaaaaaase let me know. It would be most helpful. Also…. This
is the first time I've thrown in Japanese words in a story of mine, so if any
are off, then I'm sorry ;;; And please let me know if that happens.

As the summary said, this
is a one-shot Ryu x Shu. My favorite Gravitation pairing ever! Ahhhh I'm so
obsessed with that pairing, it's unbelievable XD. And I must thank the story,
"Some Things Last Forever" for starting up my obsession. And also the story,
"Pianissimo Butterfly" (in my opinion, THE best gravitation fic ever) for
inspiring me to write some stuff of my own. Sorry I don't exactly remember the
author's pennames (I don't have access to the internet at the moment to check).

Anyway… here we go, and if
you're reading this PLEASE review! Arigotou!

Kumagorou and I love the
snow, and this is the first one of the season! Ooh, I can't wait to get home
from work and go play! But this year, I won't get so excited that I forget my
coat and get sick again, no da. That wasn't very fun.

I continued to stare out
the window until I noticed a pink haired boy walking down the hallway towards
me – Shuichi! I smiled and waved at him enthusiastically. "Shuichi!"

He looked up as he walked,
and when he spotted me, he grinned. "Hello, Sakuma-san," he greeted, also
waving. When he reached me, he stopped, and then bowed once. "Gomen," he said.
"But I have to get to the recording studio now, or else K will really blow my
head off."

"Hai, daijoubu," I told
him, gesturing him to go. As he walked away, I kept the smile on my face, but
once he was gone around a corner, I let it disappear. I put my thinking face
on.

Shu-chan hadn't been
acting like himself for a week now. I didn't like this much, na no da. It was
better when Shuichi is bouncing off the walls, and happy to rehearse his music.

Tohma told me that Yuki
Eiri-san is off in the states on business for the month. So of course, this is
the reason that Shuichi's been acting so strange. Ne, he's not depressed like
when he has a fight with Yuki, but he's just not his usually cheery self. I
think blank would be a good word for that. Kuma-chan has tried to make him happy
again, but nothing ever seems to work.

Though I can't really
blame poor Shu-chan. Being away from the one you love for a whole month has to
be really hard. I probably can't imagine how much Shu misses him…

I took Kumagorou from my
head and looked at him. "Well, Kuma-chan, it looks like it's up to us to make
Shuichi happy again!"

Shuuuuuuu-chaaaaaaan!!" I
glomped the boy the moment he was outside of the NG building. He let out a
surprised 'oof' as we almost fell to the ground with my arms around his neck. I
giggled; loving how warm his body was, despite the cold.

I sensed his smile as he
greeted me, "Hey, Sakuma-san."

I let go of him, but my
hands remained on his shoulders. I frowned. "Shuichi needs to stop calling me
Sakuma-san. Ryu and Shu are friends, ne? You can call Ryu anything you want!"

Shuichi blushed lightly
and nodded. I smiled; Shuichi's smile was so adorable. Though it did make me a
little sad to know that he was only blushing because he looked up to me.

When it grew silent again,
I decided to speak. "Ano, Shuichi… Ryuichi knows that you're sad because
Yuki-san is away." I noticed Shuichi flinch at the blonde's name. "… So I want
you to come with me today, and forget about everything and have fun!"

The singer looked at me,
awestruck, but then his expression melted into a soft smile. And I knew that he
had just gone from looking at me as his life-long hero, to a good friend. It
felt nice to know that he thinks of me as his friend.

Shuichi nodded and said
warmly, "Okay… Ryuichi." I smiled even wider at him saying my name.

"Let's go."

The whole time we were
walking Shuichi kept asking me where he was taking me, but I told him it was a
surprise. It wasn't any fun to ruin surprises, na no da. I said this to him when
he insisted that I tell him anyway. Shu-chan is such a cheeky bunny.

Also on the way there, I
continuously pointed out to him my favorite Christmas decoration around the
city. It was getting dark out, so they were even more pretty and shiny than in
the daytime. This was one of the reasons I like nighttime during winter more
than daytime.

A little while later, we
finally arrived. When I heard Shuichi's small gasp from behind me, I knew he
saw where we were: my favorite skating rink in all of Japan! It was outdoors,
very big, and had a Christmas tree in the very middle. There were also a lot of
lights, wreaths, and ribbons around the walls. And the ice was always so
smooth.

"Ryu…" Shuichi stepped
beside me. "This is so cool!" he shouted with a grin, his hands balled into
fists. I smiled, happy that I made him happy. He looked at me. "But… it's
empty? Nani?"

I grinned, holding up two
fingers in a V. "Ryu wanted Shu-chan to be able to get away from everyone else
for a while, so I called the manager and had him close it up! So now we have it
all to ourselves, na no da."

"Ne, Ryuichi, you didn't
have to—,"

I wouldn't let him finish.
I grabbed his hand and dragged him over to the skate rental window. But since
there was going to be no one else here but us two, the workers had left. I
opened to the door to go behind the counter, and told Shuichi to pick out his
size.

When we both had our
skates on, we walked over to the entrance of the rink. Shuichi stopped and
began to button up his jacket. This was a good idea, since the temperature of
the ice mixed in with the snow falling. I would do it too, if my jacket has a
zipper or buttons.

Shuichi stopped on one
button. It looked like he couldn't find the hole for it to go in.

"Ryu can help, na no da!"
I said happily, jumping up once. I shooed his hands away from the jacket,
taking it in my own. I fiddled around with it for a second before finding the
right spot. Then I continued to button up the rest of his jacket. This made my
stomach feel all fluttery, especially since I'd rather be unbuttoning him…

Ack, no no! That's a no
no, Ryuichi, you aren't allowed to
think things like that! I shook my head.

"Thanks, Ryuichi," I heard
Shuichi say as I finished the last button. I could feel my face turn red, and I
wished I could keep it from doing that. But when I looked at him and nodded,
and saw that he was blushing too, but very little. I probably wouldn't be able
to see it if I wasn't so close… which I just realized how close we really were.
I took a step away, and glanced at Kumagorou, who was sitting on the cement
wall. He was shaking his head at me. Kumagorou always told me to not do stuff
like that to Shuichi. He belonged to Yuki, and I wasn't to interfere with that.

I was about to step out
when I heard Shuichi's voice. He looked down and blushed.

"… I don't…" he stopped. I
tilted my head in confusion. "… I don't know… how to skate." He finished
bashfully. I chuckled. Was that all?

He glared at me, but his
eyes showed playfulness in them too. "Heey! Don't laugh at me!" He tried to
sound angry, but some giggles escaped him. This caused me to laugh even more.

I stopped laughing,
stepped onto the ice and faced him. Holding out both hands with an affectionate
smile on my face, I said to him, "Come on. I'll teach you."

Shuichi was still for a
moment, looking at me. Then, hesitantly, he placed his hands atop mine,
allowing me to close my fingers around them. It felt really nice… I couldn't
help but wish I could hold his hands like this everyday…

The two of us skated
steadily around the rink for a while, not really saying anything besides me
telling him how to move when skating. Other than that, we were silent. But the
look of determination on his face was enough to make me giggle.

Finally, Shuichi broke the
silence by saying, "Okay. I think I'm ready to do it by myself now."

I smiled. "Daijoubu,
Shu-chan!" I said excitedly. I let go of his hands, maybe a little too quickly,
because Shuichi almost fell over. But I grabbed his arms before he could the
ice. He looked up at me. "Thanks, but… don't let go so quickly!" He chuckled,
and I nodded twice in apology.

Once we were moving again,
I asked, "Ready now?" He nodded, and I loosened my grip on his hands, letting
them slide further and further apart. The second his hands were out of reach
though, I immediately missed the warmth.

For the first few seconds,
Shuichi was waving his arms around, trying to regain his balance. But when heat
last found it, he started to glide slowly across the ice on his own. He was
doing really well for a first timer, no da! Even though he almost fell a couple
times.

"Heeeey Ryuichiiii!" He
was waving at me excitedly from across the ice. I giggled, knowing how happy he
was to be doing it on his own. I waved back at him and shouted, "Good job, na
no da! Me and Kuma-chan are cheering you on!"

Shuichi then began skating
towards me, at a higher speed than he had been going. He had a big grin on his
face, and when he got even closer, he opened up his arms as if trying to fly.
And the next thing I knew, I was being thrown to the ice with Shuichi hanging
from my neck.

The ice was cold against
my back, but the breathing in my ear was warm, and there was something pressing
weight on me. I turned my head to see that that thing was Shuichi, and he was
giggling in my ear. And if that wasn't enough to set me off, the fact of him
being on top of me would, and I really didn't know how to react. The friendly
side told me to just laugh and hug him lightly. But the other side told me to…

I placed my hands on
Shuichi's shoulders, and sat him up, as well as myself. He stopped laughing,
and looked at me, looking almost scared. Then I noticed that I had my serious
face on. Most of the time I never realized when I went from my genki mode to my
serious mode.

I couldn't figure out what
to do. As much as I wanted to, there was no way I could give into my emotional
desires. Shuichi would definitely hate me if I did anything like that… but… my
head was going to explode if I didn't do anything.
Besides, my legs were getting very cold from sitting on the ice.

I put my hands on his
shoulders again.

"Gomenasai," Shuichi said
quickly and shakily. I felt a pang in my heart at the sound of fear in his
voice. Why was he scared of me? He didn't think I'd ever hurt him, did he?

"I was just… I didn't mean
to… to…"

His eyes widened, and he
couldn't finish his sentence. But then, I guess if my face were an inch away
from someone else's, I would be able to talk either, no da. Even my own hands
were shaking.

And with gathering all of
the courage within me, I closed the gap between us. My heart pounded like
crazy, and faster than it ever had onstage, as I finally felt Shuichi's lips on
mine. I was more scared than anything else at the moment; frightened half to
death of Shuichi pulling away and looking at me with disgust.

Out of the corner of my
mind, I could hear Kuma-chan scolding me for being bad, but I ignored him. Only
Shu-chan mattered now… only Shu-chan…

Speaking of which, he
wasn't pulling away. So I decided to keep going, moving my tongue to his lips,
asking for the permission to enter. My heart fluttered like butterfly wings
when he openly gave it to me. And I then felt the light touch of Shuichi's
fingers making their way up my arm and around my neck again.

My tongue found its way
over every inch of Shuichi's mouth at least twice, determined to find something
new. I could feel our teeth clanking together every few seconds. I almost
choked when his tongue came close to my throat.

Deciding that we both
needed to breathe, I pulled away until we were a safe distance away from each
other. I think if I was any closer, I would be too tempted to pounce on him
again.

Shuichi was completely
flushed, his entire face red, panting heavily. I was also having a difficult
time catching my breath.

"Shuichi…" I said after a
minute or two. He turned his gaze to me, anxious to hear what I was going to
say. But then I realized… I didn't have anything to say. I Thought for a moment, then picked the only thing that
came to mind.

"I love you."

A gasp escaped his lips,
his eyes were wide, and his mouth was hanging slightly open. When he made no
reply, I stood up. I held my hand down to him, he took it, and I pulled him
from the ice. I made my way back to the wall, and I walked off of the rink.

The whole time I was
walking, I could feel Shuichi's stare. Sitting down at a nearby table, I looked
at him still inside the rink. After what seemed like forever, he finally
started skating over to the wall. He sat down across from me at the table.

"Ryuichi…"

He didn't know what to
say, and I knew it. The sound of his voice was enough to tell me so. The look
on his face was confused and sad,

"Shu… I'm sorry for
ruining the day," I told him, feeling guilty. And it made me feel even more
horrible that I wanted it to happen again. My lips still tingled lustfully,
demanding attention. I did my best to ignore it.

"Ryu!" He looked angry
now. "You didn't do anything to upset me! Actually… it's the happiest I've been
in a long time."

He scooted next to me and
put his head on my shoulder. "I love Yuki," he said wistfully. I looked away,
hoping he wouldn't notice the immeasurable speed at which my heart was going.
"But I like you a lot, too."

"I know I can't love you
both, no matter how much I want to… it wouldn't be fair to either of you. But…
until I've had some time to think about it…" He was clutching me now. "Wait for
me, Ryu-chan…" My heart skipped a beat at the title he gave me.

"Wait for me."

Placing a hand on his
opposite arm, I pulled him closer and embraced him. "I will," I whispered into
his ear. "Just make sure that… whatever your decision… it's the one that makes you
happy." He nodded.

The snow began to fall
again, and it looked like specks of icing on top of Shuichi's strawberry hair.
I nuzzled it gently. He reminded me of an angel.

A snow angel.

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